Upstream drilling news
Rival Downhole Tools secures 5 year supply agreement
The collaborative supply agreement for drilling motors for US Land from a major oilfield services provider.
Empyrean Energy drilling programme offshore Indonesia approved
The campaign will comprise of two wells in the Duyung PSC in the West Natuna basin, in which the company holds an 8.5% interest.
Seadrill and Gulf Drilling International enter joint venture
The joint venture, GulfDrill, has secured bareboat charters for five jackups in Qatar with Qatar Petroleum, commencing throughout 2020.
OGIC and University of Aberdeen to give boost to offshore drilling innovations
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre is supporting a series of projects that will help the University of Aberdeen's Centre for Applied Dynamics Research team develop new offshore drilling operations.
Woodside Energy awards Halliburton drilling and completion contracts for Senegal deepwater project
Initial engineering work will begin in Perth, Australia, later this year, and then will transfer to Dakar, Senegal in 2020.
Wintershall commences production drilling on the Dvalin Field in Norway
The Dvalin gas field is being developed as a subsea field tied back to Heidrun, which lies some 15 km to the northwest.
Peterson to provide logistics services for Carapa 1 project in the Caribbean
Peterson will provide Repsol with integrated supply base operations management, logistics and pipe yard operations.
Churchill darts help improve North Sea operator's wellhead base jetting operations
The DAV MX™ CircSub was deployed in order to avoid the cost of a dedicated jetting assembly run.
Trendsetter Engineering and Intelligent Wellhead Systems form joint venture
The joint venture, InVision Offshore, Inc., will be based in Houston, Texas, US.
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate grants ConocoPhillips drilling permit
The drilling programme for well 25/7-7 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 782 S.